Coronets and Trains.
I The coronets of Peers differ in design according to the rank I of their wearers. As Peers assume their coronets on only one occasion, a coronation, the distinctions at the present juncI ture are interesting. A Duke has on his coronet eight straw--1 ,j-V ]®«^ v ks of gold ; a Marquis, four strawberry leaves of j go d alternately with four silver balls; an Earl, eight silver i balls, and a Baron, six silver balls. Distinctions in regard to j Peeresses, or, rather, the wives of Peers and not Peeresses in i their own right, is provided for in the length of their trains. , Thus, Duchesses will wear trains nine feet long; Marchion- ; esses and Countesses, seven feet long; Viscountesses, five feet long ; and Baronesses, only three feet long.
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Mataura Ensign, Issue 1049, 24 June 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)
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132Coronets and Trains. Mataura Ensign, Issue 1049, 24 June 1902, Page 3 (Supplement)
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